公开(公告)号：US12231027B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US17998739

申请日：2021-05-28

Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH

Inventor： Andrew Nolan

IPC: H02M7/483 ,  H02M1/00

Abstract: A chain-link converter includes a number of series-connected chain-link modules. Each chain-link module has a module controller that is programmed to control operation of the corresponding chain-link module to selectively provide a voltage source, whereby the chain-link converter is able to provide a stepped variable voltage source. The chain-link converter also includes a chain-link converter controller that is arranged in communication with each module controller, and which is programmed to, in-use, communicate to a number of the module controllers a measured converter current (IDC) that is flowing through the chain-link converter. The module controllers that receive the measured converter current (IDC) is each further programmed, in-use, to combine the measured converter current (IDC) with a measured rate of change of current (IAC) flowing through the corresponding chain-link module, to establish an instantaneous module current (Ii) that is flowing through the corresponding chain-link module.

公开(公告)号：US12100960B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US17430271

申请日：2020-02-05

Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH

Inventor： Colin Charnock Davidson ,  Andrew Nolan ,  Alistair John Burnett

IPC: H02M1/32 ,  H02H1/00 ,  H02H7/10 ,  H02J3/36 ,  H02M7/00 ,  H02M7/483 ,  H02M7/5387

CPC classification number: H02J3/36 ,  H02H1/0015 ,  H02H7/10 ,  H02M1/32 ,  H02M7/003 ,  H02M7/4835 ,  H02M7/5387

Abstract: An electrical assembly comprises a plurality of modules (36), each module (36) including at least one switching element (38) and at least one energy storage device (40), the or each switching element (38) and the or each energy storage device (40) in each module (36) arranged to be combinable to selectively provide a voltage source, wherein each module (36) includes a respective sensor (46) that is configured to monitor at least one other of the plurality of modules (36), each sensor (46) configured to selectively detect an occurrence of an operational hazard in the or each corresponding monitored module (36).